The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-01
GEORGIA CONNECTS.
Stories OF Curious Escapes Helatod BY 4
PenItehtIary OnicIaL

PehItehtIary onioiaL
Escapes are not frequent The last
one was in April. A railroad man
named Charley Rose climbed upward
one hundred feet through an air shaft
which was in places seven feet in di-
ameter How he accomplished the
feat mystified the officials. He could
not have reached from side TO side.
The theory is that he must havetaken a
piece of scantling with him, or perhaps
two pieces, and worked his way up-
ward. In places tho side wall was so
smooth that the convict had to stop and
dig inches for his fingers and toes in
the slate. His absence was discovered
in couple OF hours, but in that time
he had reached the top of the shaft and
disappeared in the woods. Aman who
was smart enough to do such an act
was able to escape the hounds. The
dogs were put on his track, but after
several attempts they gave up baffied.
There Is way Of destroying a trail,
and possibly Rose had learned it A
bundle of brush dragged after the
fugitive will destroy the trail more Of
fectually than any other trick that is
known. II is more effective than
climbing trees or wading in brooks.
Rose has never been recaptured. He
was last heard of mt Fort Worth, Tex.
He is the man who planned to hitch an
engine to pay car at Atlanta, haul
the paymaster out the road a few miles,
and rob him.
There was curious escape some
time previous to the case just mentions
ed. A convic; whose term was within
eighteen months OF expiration, and for
whom movement To secure pardon
was under way, walked out of camp
one afternoon, having been given tho
privilege of trusty This man had
been an exemplary prisoner. On one
occasion tho guard who had
his convict and Others I'M
der his charge upon some out
side work got drunk and fell asleep
The good convict promptly
grasped the situation and
tho guards gun. marshalcd the
other convicts in line and marched
them into camp, He received many
thanks for his honesty. and every body
snid he must be pardoned. but weeks
slipped by without the arrival Of the
papers, aud one day the good convict
walked out into the forest and didn't
return. It's probable that he argued
that he had earned what little time re-
manned, in which view the sentiment Of
the camp sustained him, for no dcsper-
ate effort was made 10 oyertake him.
Trailing the escaped conyicts with
the dogs is not the savage work which
northern people might suppose from
their familiarity with the dead wall pie
lures of Uncle Toms Cabin" Blood
hounds nrc not used, but powerful
legged. long-nosed. Misunderstanding
dogs, with immense tapping ears and
bullying foreheads These hounds are
good for nothing only to follow the
trail. They bay rs they strike tho
scent, and they make the woods ring
when they overtake the fugitive, but
they never bite. They are not even
good watch-dogs. While they possess
in marvellous degree the faculty Of
following the scent. they have 10 be
kept in training, and this is done by
sending trusty out at frequent inter
walls to make trail, over which the
dogs arc sent. The convict goes into
the forest, climbs trees, jumps from
rock to rock. and tries to evade the
dogs until the DAYS lesson is consid-
cred sufficient The rest of the time
the hounds loaf around the camp and
enjoy life, They are expert one-idea
dogs.-SL Louis Globe Democrat.